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Illuminated Manuscripts

Phoenix Art Museum

December 11, 2007-March 9, 2008

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Phoenix Art Museums presents three important exhibitions devoted to over 1,000 years of the book arts, all focusing on handmade Bibles from throughout history - Illuminating the Word: The Saint John's Bible showcasing the monumental manuscript being crafted right now, The Early History of the Bible from the world-class collection of sacred manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, and Selections from the James Melikian Collection here in Phoenix. They bring together the old and the new: illustrated hand-written manuscripts produced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, and the only handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned since the advent of the printing press more than 500 years ago, combining a centuries old tradition of craftsmanship with modern imagery and technology. See www.phxartilluminated.org for more information. Exhibit Location: Steele Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum

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  Tickets: $10/Adults, $8/Seniors (65+) and Students, $4/Youth (6-17), Free/Members and Children Under 6

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  Dates:
  December 11, 2007-March 9, 2008

  Times:
  Tuesday 10:00am-9:00pm, Wednesday-Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm

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  Phoenix Art Museum

  1625 North Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85004

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  • Event Name: Illuminated Manuscripts
    "Breath-taking and illuminating"
    Review posted by: Ken Gallatin from Phoenix AZ, Jan 09, 2008
    

    I merely went to see the old scrolls and fragments, but I got so much more. The St. John's Bible blew me away. No photo does it justice. Stunning. Beautiful in its own right, it surprised me in an art... Expand

    I merely went to see the old scrolls and fragments, but I got so much more. The St. John's Bible blew me away. No photo does it justice. Stunning. Beautiful in its own right, it surprised me in an art form we see so little. What a great find! Don't miss it. The old manuscripts convey the depth and history of many cultures that have carried art and scripture next to our ancestors' bosoms so that they could pass down these torches of civilization to us. I was in awe; when it was time to go, I couldn't. I turned around and went through the exhibit again. Don't miss the Syriac Peshitta and Coptic manuscripts nor the steps involved in getting European versions to the printing press. Beyond the thrill of the artwork and the profundity of this exhibition's message, I walked away, eventually, with a sense of the piety from a couple millennia. Many thanks to Phoenix Art Museum and the collectors who lent us this view extending from ancient Mesopotamia to the dazzle of post-modern illumination. Collapse

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